8:51 PM,
Aug. 28, 2013

U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita visited Avon on May 4, 2013.

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A growing, bipartisan number of lawmakers on Capitol Hill are asking President Obama to seek their vote of approval before any U.S. military intervention in Syria in response to evidence that the nation used chemical weapons in an ongoing civil war.

"Engaging our military in Syria when no direct threat to the United States exists and without prior congressional authorization would violate the separation of powers that is clearly delineated in the Constitution," wrote Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Va., in a letter sent Wednesday to Obama that had been signed so far by 47 Republicans and eight ...